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- Daily Mirror
Madonna slammed by Hamilton star for 'using iPad during Broadway performance'
Hamilton star Anthony Ramos has claimed Madonna spent a whole performance of the Broadway show on her iPad, and has told her 'you don't have to stay here' Twister's star Anthony Ramos has claimed that Madonna caused quite the stir during her visit to a Hamilton show on Broadway. The 33-year-old actor, who played the original roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton, recounted the incident when the pop icon attended a performance, and his co-stars also made the same claim about the Queen of Pop. Ramos, appearing on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live last Thursday, recalled: "The most terrifying was Madonna with her iPad in her face. She was like this [shining a light] the whole time. "I was like, 'Damn, shorty. If you're not enjoying it that much, you know the door is right there. You don't have to stay here.'". Lin-Manuel Miranda, the musical's mastermind who also starred as Alexander Hamilton, seemed to reference the episode involving The Material Girl in a now-erased tweet back in April 2015. He had written: "Tonight was the first time I asked stage management NOT to allow a celebrity (who was texting all through Act 2) backstage. #noselfieforyou." Madonna's representative, however, countered these allegations, telling Us Weekly: "It's not true. She was invited backstage four different times. She texted post-show when they were doing their fundraising pitch. Madonna had already made a generous donation." Jonathan Groff, who portrayed King George in the production, didn't hold back either, bluntly claiming "that b**** was on her phone." He noted at the time: "You couldn't miss it from the stage. It was a black void of the audience in front of us and her face there perfectly lit by the light of her iPhone through three-quarters of the show." Back in April 2015, Playbill claimed Queen of Pop, Madonna, attended the show at The Public Theatre, but wasn't invited backstage after it was wrapped. Ramos recently reunited with his Hamilton castmates, including Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, and Phillipa Soo, at the Tony Awards. To mark the musical's 10th anniversary, the cast performed a medley of tracks including Non-Stop, My Shot, History Has Its Eyes on You and The Room Where It Happens. Hamilton received a whopping 16 nominations at the 70th Tony Awards and won 11 awards. After starring in Hamilton, Ramos appeared in Miranda's 2021 musical, In The Heights. He also starred in 2024's Twisters with Daisy Edgar Jones and Glen Powell.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. Open ‘Hamilton' Medley With Original Cast at Tony Awards
There are a million things Alexander Hamilton hasn't done, but reuniting the original cast of the Broadway blockbuster Hamilton isn't one. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Jonathan Groff, Ariana DeBose, and others took the stage at the 2025 Tony Awards in celebration of the musical's 10th anniversary. With the cast dressed in elegant black suits and gowns, the original Hamilton cast earned a standing ovation for their stellar performance of a medley of songs from the musical. It opened with Miranda and Odom Jr., who sang 'Non-Stop.' The rest of the cast joined in for their parts throughout the rapid-fire medley, which included 'My Shot,' 'The Schuyler Sisters,' 'Guns and Ships,' 'You'll Be Back,' and 'Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down.)' It also segued through 'The Room Where It Happens' and 'Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story' before the finale of 'Alexander Hamilton.' More from Rolling Stone The Most Exclusive Tony Awards Party of the Night Was Hidden Inside a Scotch Speakeasy Lil Wayne Fleetingly Reminds Us Why He's One of the Best Cynthia Erivo Belts 'Sometimes All You Need Is a Song' to Open Tony Awards It was a crowded stage, with more than 25 actors bringing their characters back to life. Later this year, Odom will reprise his roll as Aaron Burr for much longer than a few minutes. For 12 weeks this fall, he will return to the cast in what he has called 'a deeply meaningful homecoming.' 'I'm so grateful for the chance to step back into the room — especially during this anniversary moment and to revisit this brilliant piece that forever changed my life and the lives of so many,' Odom shared earlier this year. Hamilton opened on Broadway on Aug. 6, 2015. The musical has earned 11 Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, a Grammy Award, and an Olivier. The original cast recording became the first Broadway album to be certified diamond by the RIAA. In 2016, the Hamilton cast performed 'History Has Its Eyes on You,' 'Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),' and 'The Schuyler Sisters' at the Tony Awards. The reunion follows the recent cancellation of a Hamilton run scheduled at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. 'The Kennedy Center was not created in this spirit, and we're not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center. We're just not going to be part of it,' Miranda said earlier this year. 'We are not acting against his administration, but against the partisan policies of the Kennedy Center as a result of his recent takeover,' Hamilton producer Jeffery Seller wrote in a statement at the time. 'Political disagreement and debate are vital expressions of democracy. These basic concepts of freedom are at the very heart of Hamilton. However, some institutions are sacred and should be protected from politics.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Hamilton' Tonys Reunion Misses the Mark: Here's Why Fans Are Ticked Off
'Hamilton' Tonys Reunion Misses the Mark: Here's Why Fans Are Ticked Off originally appeared on Parade. The original cast of Broadway's Hamilton returned to the Tonys stage for a special 10th anniversary performance, delivering a medley of the musical's most iconic songs. But some viewers felt the performance missed the mark. Here's why. It was a reunion a decade in the making as the original company members of Hamilton performed a tribute to the musical that reinvigorated Broadway in 2015. Midway into the 78th annual awards show, the cast didn't throw away "their shot" as they gathered onstage at New York's Radio City Musical Hall for a performance that brought the audience to its feet. Participating in this landmark performance were Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell, and Sasha Hutchings. Also appearing were Christopher Jackson, Thayne Jasperson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Stephanie Klemons, Morgan Marcell, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, Phillipa Soo, Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes and Voltaire Wade-Greene. The original cast performed a medley of songs from the Broadway musical at the 2025 Tony Awards. They started with "Non-Stop" and "My Shot", then moved into "The Schuyler Sisters," "Guns and Ships," "You'll Be Back," "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)," "The Room Where It Happens," and ended with "History Has Its Eyes on You." Parade Daily🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 However, some fans were highly critical of the blockbuster performance, taking to social media to share their thoughts. Here's what they had to say. "Wishing it was longer but I absolutely loved it," wrote one Tonys viewer on Instagram. "I cried when it ended because it wasn't enough!. Need more!!" penned a second fan. "Also, no actual singing from Jonathan Groff? Come on!" a third claimed. Other fans noticed the omission of one key cast member from some of the tribute's most pivotal moments. "Nice arrangement, but I would have loved to hear/see Anthony Ramos too," a viewer said. Ramos played John Laurens in the original cast. Another fan agreed, writing, "So sad that Anthony didn't have a solo but it was an amazing performance." Hamilton debuted off Broadway at the Public Theater in 2015, transferring to the Richard Rodgers Theatre that year. At the 70th annual Tony Awards, the musical made history with a record-breaking 16 nominations and 11 wins including Best Musical. The musical went on to receive the Grammy Award, Olivier Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors. Its Original Broadway Cast Recording became the first in history to be certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. 'Hamilton' Tonys Reunion Misses the Mark: Here's Why Fans Are Ticked Off first appeared on Parade on Jun 9, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 9, 2025, where it first appeared.
Forbes
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Andy Bell Discusses ‘Ten Crowns' Album Tracks, Touring And Surviving
Andy Bell is on top form with 'Ten Crowns.' Sean Black Andy Bell, perhaps best known as one half of Erasure, is back with a new solo album, Ten Crowns. It's his first since Non-Stop in 2010 and has been 12 years in the making. "Dave Audé, the producer, and I had been working on songs together over the past 12 years, so we had a collection. The first one we did was Don't Cha Know, and that was written on mic," Bell recalls as we chat on Zoom as he relaxes at his London home. "I sang the song through twice with the lyrics on a piece of paper, and that was it. Dave cut from the two different vocal takes for that song, and we carried on from there." "It was an organic process. It happens often with an Erasure album, too, how the last track that you write together, Interstellar for Ten Crowns, becomes the first track on the album. It's strange because it's almost like you're working in reverse. Don't Cha Know was released as the first single, and it was the oldest song. We didn't really have a concept for the album, though." Response to the first few singles from Ten Crowns, which lands on Friday, May 2, 2025, has been favorable even though the singer-songwriter admits it's harder to promote projects these days. "We're living in different times, and marketing happens in a whole different way, and there aren't the pop programs on TV anymore, but it's really nice just to get that feedback," he muses as he heads out on tour. "It's my passion. I love doing it, and we had so much fun recording it. I don't look at comments very much, but when I'm looking on YouTube, they always mention the 80s, and I just thought, 'What is it about that sound that people always think that's who we are?' I suppose people like to pigeonhole things, don't they? They like to compartmentalize things, you know."' Inspired by the Ten of Coins tarot card, Ten Crowns is among Bell's most personal work. It covers everything from his childhood and family to his time in Nashville, where Audé now lives. "You feel that energy in Nashville because there's a church on every corner," the Love To Hate You singer enthuses. "When I was there for this, the whole thing going on with the drag queen ban was just beginning, and that made me angry, and it still does, so it came into some of the work." Bell and his producer also drew inspiration from Erasure's third album, which gave audiences such iconic hits as A Little Respect, Ship of Fools, and Chains of Love. "Dave's a real fan of The Innocents," Bell explains. "I wouldn't say this is The Innocents 2, but he loves that gospel-inspired twinge that we have. When you have something to say, you don't have to say it right out. I'm not a great orator, so I'll put it into the music. I'll put it into how I'm feeling; hopefully, people will feel that. I've always loved my voice because it is neither masculine nor feminine, neither black nor white, so I like that ambiguity." Bell and the other half of Erasure, Vince Clark, continue to collaborate. Ten Crowns is a consistent album, but there are jewels in the crown that deserve highlighting, and each of them has a story behind it. The first is Heart's A Liar, the second single to be released, which features a much-heralded collaboration with Blondie's Debbie Harry. "I'm a huge fan of hers, and in 1990, Erasure recorded Too Darn Hot by Cole Porter for the Red, Hot, and Blue project, and we were making the video directed by Adelle Lutz, the wife of David Byrne from Talking Heads," Bell recalls. "We were in New York, and she said, 'Oh, somebody's come to see you on the set.' I looked around, and it was Debbie Harry. I could not believe my greatest hero had walked into the room. We went out and had drinks, then we ended up touring together with Cyndi Lauper, and she's come to our shows a few times in New York. She has always been really kind." "Luciana Caporaso and her husband originally wrote Hearts A Liar. It was a great song, but their version was up-tempo, so I thought, 'Well, I'll do a rewrite of the verses and the bridge and do it as a duet that would suit Miss Harry.' I sent her manager a couple of songs she might like, hoping she'd pick Hearts A Liar, and she picked it. We were waiting for the vocals to come back, and when they did, it happened to be on Gay Pride in New York. It was perfect." Dance For Mercy is one of the tracks on Ten Crowns that was inspired by Bell's childhood in Peterborough, England, and his relationship with his grandmother. "The lyrics go, 'I went to heaven for the second time, and my feet didn't touch the ground,' and that came out of phrases that my Nan used to say to me," he explains. "She'd playfully say that I was too wicked for this world and other things like, 'Oh, don't do that. You'll get me shot.' As a child, I was thinking like somebody was really going to take her out in the back garden and shoot her." "It also got me thinking about the chances I've had already, firstly, with being HIV+ and having had double pneumonia, and then secondly with having three stents after a heart attack, and I was thinking, 'My goodness, how many lives have I had already on this planet?' When I was in the hospital, I never saw any of these things that you're supposed to see, like tunnels or angels or whatever, so I wanted to write this song about going to Heaven's gates, and they're just telling you, 'No, you can't come in because you're not ready yet. You've got more things to do.'" The seventh track on Ten Crowns, Dawn Of Heavens Gate, is particularly notable for a brief nod to Dame Shirley Bassey's iconic Bond theme, Diamonds Are Forever. "Honestly, it wasn't put in on purpose; it just came up in the process," Bell explains. "I envisioned this virtual reality, AI world, and this version of Heaven, or this place where we can all go to, like a transference in your mind. I was inspired by going to The Shard in London and this vision of crystals, which I really love. I collect gemstones and thought, 'If you can have quartz inside a watch, why can't you have a piece inside your heart?' We already have fake hearts that would make you live longer or forever. Hopefully it'll be okay because me singing Diamonds Are Forever, or actually 'If diamonds were forever,' only uses six of the notes, and you're allowed eight for free." Have Bell or Erasure ever been approached for consideration for writing a Bond movie theme? "No, but that is one of my dreams," he laments. "I would love to sing one of those songs. It's whether they would have the courage." Bell and Audé keep it topical with a track called Empathy On Ice. The track originally came from Sisely Treasure of Shiny Toy Guns, a Los Angeles band that also happens to be Bell's husband's favorite band. "Dave played it to me, and that was the most Erasure-sounding song on the album," the singer enthuses. "I listened to it and thought, 'Wow, yes, that's amazing, but the chorus that she had was about not stepping on a grave or something, and that reminded me of the movie I Spit on Your Grave, which I thought felt a bit too gruesome. I wanted to get that feeling over in a way that was more poetic. To be honest, I'm not sure what the song's about, but I think it's just about how we have to take these chances. We're so lucky to have them. With everything going on in the world, we have no choice but to put our empathy on ice because we would all go insane. A lot of us are sort of living on the edge." Ten Crowns rounds out with Thank You, a track Bell and his band have been playing in recent live shows and has been getting a great response. Thank You is a tribute to Bell's mother in particular. "She was a punk, and she and my Dad were childhood sweethearts," he reveals. "They met on the bus in Peterborough. She thought he was weird, but they married, and I was the first baby. I was the oldest grandchild on my father's side, and my Nan spoiled me, but my Mum treated every child the same." "I have five brothers and sisters. We were all brought up on a council estate and had the most wonderful life. I don't know how she got the clothes for us or our dinner. We all took turns having a big Christmas present each year, so I have the utmost respect for her; that is a heartfelt song to all my friends and family, too. I feel like if I go tomorrow, they can listen to that song if they want to." Andy Bell returns with 'Ten Crowns.' Sean Black Ten Crowns lands as Bell heads out on the road in his native UK for a series of shows before heading to the US later in the year. The singer-songwriter says audiences can expect a healthy blend of new material mixed in with a selection of hits fans already know and love and love played by a live band. "I'm really looking forward to it," Andy Bell concludes. "It's not going to be all fireworks and all guns blazing, but we have a band. We've got Dave; we have Hailey Steele and Jerry Fuentes from Steele Fountain from Nashville doing backing vocals, and a drummer, Sarah, so they're all really accomplished musicians. Also, Dave has reprogrammed Vince's stuff, which Vince kindly sent to him for the Erasure material, so it's going to sound spectacular. As far as Vince and Erasure go, we're writing and looking forward to our 40th anniversary next year, but in the meantime, I've got this little project going on, and I really love it."
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Carry-On Director Jaume Collet-Serra Finds Next Project in Thriller Movie Play Dead
Carry-On director has found his next project. Collet-Serra recently directed Carry-On, the hit Netflix movie that stars Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman. He's also worked with Liam Neeson on a number of movies, including 2011's Unknown, 2014's Non-Stop, and more. Per Deadline, Collet-Serra has now been tapped to helm a new survival thriller movie titled Play Dead. Plot details for Play Dead remain under wraps at this time; however, Deadline's sources described the movie as 'Don't Breathe meets 1917.' The former title is the 2016 horror movie directed by Fede Álvarez, while the latter is the war movie from Sam Mendes that was released in 2019. The script comes from Peter Stanley-Ward & Natalie Conway. Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs are producing the film for Nocturnal alongside Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House Pictures, JD Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight Pictures, and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey. Scott Greenberg serves as an executive producer. Collet-Serra made his feature film directorial debut in 2005 with House of Wax. He followed that up with 2007's Goal II: Living the Dream and 2009's Orphan before he then went on to helm Unknown and Non-Stop. He then reteamed with Neeson again for 2015's Run All Night before directing Blake Lively in 2016's The Shallows. Following that was another Neeson action movie, 2018's The Commuter. After that, he worked with Dwayne Johnson on two movies: 2021's Jungle Cruise and 2022's Black Adam. Prior to Stay Dead, Collet-Serra's The Woman in the Yard is releasing in United States theaters on March 28, 2025. That movie is a psychological horror film that stars Danielle Deadwyler, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Russell Hornsby. Additionally, Collet-Serra has been tapped to direct a reboot of 1993's Cliffhanger starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan. A release date for Play Dead has not yet been announced. The post Carry-On Director Jaume Collet-Serra Finds Next Project in Thriller Movie Play Dead appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
